removeDirectory {R.utils}R Documentation

Removes a directory

Description

Removes a directory, and if requested, also its contents.

Usage

## Default S3 method:
removeDirectory(path, recursive=FALSE, mustExist=TRUE, ...)

Arguments

path A character string specifying the directory to be removed.
recursive If TRUE, subdirectories and files are also removed. If FALSE, and directory is non-empty, an exception is thrown.
mustExist If TRUE, a the directory does not exist, an exception is thrown.
... Not used.

Value

Returns (invisibly) TRUE, the directory was successfully removed, otherwise FALSE, unless an exception is thrown.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson (http://www.braju.com/R/)

See Also

Internally unlink() is used.


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